Improvement in seed-planters



W. Y. GILL.

Corn-Planter;

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UNITED STATES PATENT GF ICE.

WV. Y. GILL, OF HENDERSON, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 18,333, dated October6, 1857.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W. Y. GiLL, of Henderson, in the county of Hendersonand State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Machine forPlanting Corn and other Seeds; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sect-ion of myimprovement, the plane of section passing through the center. Fig. 2 isa plan or top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached view of one of theslides and a portion of the lever by which they are operated.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in theseveral figures.

My invention consists in a peculiar means employed for operating theslides and for regulating the distribution of the seed.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents an axle,and B B areits wheels, placed loosely on its arms.

0 represents the shafts or thills, which are' attached by clips orstraps on to the axle A.

D represents-a bar, which is supported by uprights I), attached to theaxle A. The bar D and axle A are in the same plane, and a hopper, E, isplaced at each end of the bar D, as shown clearly in Fig. 2.

On the bar D a lever, F, is secured, 0 being the fulcrum-pin, whichpasses through thecen ter of the bar D. This lever is ofcurved form, asshown clearly in Fig. 2, so that the ends of the lever will be atopposite sides of the two hoppers-that is, one end will be at the frontside of one hopper and the opposite end will be at the back side of theother hopper.

The bottom of each hopper E has a semitube, d, (tube longitudinallybisected,) fitted in it. These semi-tubes form recesses or grooves toreceive the slides e, which are fitted within the semi-tubes d. Theslides e have oblong rectangular recesses e made through them, onethrough each, and the slides are connected to the ends of the lever F byscrews f. These screws f pass through oblong slots g in the ends of thelever F, and the screws f may be secured a greater or less distance intothe slides, so that the ends of the lever F may by allowed more or lessplay on said screws.

To each end of the bar D a tube, G, is attached. The tubes are attachedto opposite sides of the bar D, and the ends of the tubes are fitted inthe upper ends of the side bars, gg,

of a frame, G, which is looped or hung upon the axle A by means ofstraps h, which are secured to the upper ends of the side bars, 9 g, theside bars being hollow or having passages h made through them, onethrough each.

To the lowerend of each sidebar, 9, a furrowshare, H, is attached, andan inclined bar, t, is attached to each side bar, g, the upper ends ofthe barsi being connected by across'piece, j, which serves as a handle.

To the inner sides of the bars 9 i segmentbars 70 are attached, one toeach side of the frame G. These bars 70 are attached to the bars 9 t bymeans of set-screws l, which pass through curved slots m in the bars is.(See more particularly Fig. 1.) The lower ends of the bars k areconnected by a cross-piece, a, and this cross-piece serves as an axlefor two rollers, 0 0, which are placed on its ends.

To the wheel B a spring-projection, p; is attached, and a spring, I, isattached to the bar D, said spring having a tendency to keep the slidese within the hoppers E E. V

The corn or other seed is placed within the hoppers E E, and as themachine is drawn alongthesprin g-projection 19 will, atevery revolutionof the wheel B, strike the end of the lever F, which will, inconsequence, draw the slides 6 out from the hoppers, and the seed withinthe recesses 0 will drop into the tubes G and down through the passagesh in the side pieces, gg, of the frame G, and will be deposited in thefurrows made by the shares H. The seed is distributed or drawn from thehoppers in greater or less quantities, as desired, by allowing more orless play of the lever F on the screwsf. If the ends of the lever arefitted snugly between the ends of the slides and the heads of thescrews, the slides will be withdrawn from the hoppers or tubes dsufficiently far to allow the whole of the recesses e to pass out fromthe hoppers. Consequently all the seed in said recesses will bedeposited in the furrows. 1t play, however, is allowed the ends of thelever on the screwsf, the movement of the slides 6 will be restricted,as regards distance, and the recesses will only be partially withdrawnfrom the hoppers, so that a portion only of the seed within the recesseskind. The depth of the furrows may also be regulated as desired bymerely adjusting the segmentbars k on the bars 9 11.

In consequence of opera-tin g the slides a by means of the lever F, atrifling power only is expended in distributing the seed, as there isbut a small amount of friction created and but few operating or workingparts employed, and by connecting the slides e to the ends of the leverF by the screws f, as shown, the

amount of seed to be discharged from the hoppers at each movement of thelever may he graduated or regulated as desired, and with the greatestfacility.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The lever F, attached to the bar D, and having the slides 6 connected toits end by means of the screws f, the lever being operated by means ofthe spring I and the spring-projectionp on the wheelB, the parts beingarranged, substantially as described, for the purpose of distributing ordischarging the seed from the hoppers and regulating or graduating theamount at each discharge as desired.

1 W. Y. GILL. Witnesses:

B. BRASHEAR,

WM. 1*]. BARNETT.

